Bank of America · North Carolina · 2025

Bank of America in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Bank of America took 10,276 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #9 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 47.5% of them and denied 28.2% (36.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

10kApplicationsin NC
36.9%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.24%Median ratestate 6.50%
$125,000Median loanstate $225,000
$1.4BVolume97 counties

Bank of America in North Carolina vs the state

28.2%Denial rate+10.14 pts vs state
36.9%Decision denial rate+14.08 pts vs state
47.5%Origination rate-10.32 pts vs state
6.24%Median rate-0.26 pts vs state
0.58Rate spread (pts)+0.49 pts vs state
$116kMedian applicant income
4,880Loans originated
2,898Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202311,7775,15040.2%6.99%#5
202410,4484,87229.9%6.99%#9
202510,2764,88028.2%6.24%#9

What Bank of America lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,389 23% · 14.4% denied
Refinance 1,546 15% · 22.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 158 2% · 19.0% denied
Home improvement 3,898 38% · 35.8% denied
Other / HELOC 2,285 22% · 34.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 10,212 99% · 28.2% denied
FHA 57 1% · 24.6% denied
VA 7 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Credit history 1,380 48%
Debt-to-income ratio 1,002 35%
Collateral 328 11%
Unverifiable information 93 3%
Other 73 3%
Insufficient cash 14 0%
Employment history 6 0%
Incomplete application 2 0%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Bank of America applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Mecklenburg County 2,5821,418601 23.3%
Wake County 1,301625331 25.4%
Union County 626318167 26.7%
Guilford County 457186159 34.8%
Cabarrus County 347167100 28.8%
Gaston County 340158106 31.2%
Iredell County 33018578 23.6%
New Hanover County 29211584 28.8%
Brunswick County 28614674 25.9%
Durham County 26613669 25.9%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%
Freedom MortgageB 9,6327.1%6.13%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 10,276 applications in 2025, of which 4,880 were originated and 2,898 denied.

28.2% of all applications, or 36.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Bank of America originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.24%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Bank of America's own HMDA filing for properties located in North Carolina, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology